This is a not so bad but not so great Roger Corman picture made for American International at a time when he was doing a lot of movies with Edgar Allan Poe titles that had little or nothing to do with Poe. The biggest problem with the movie is that you know from the start the title situation is going to occur so it's just a matter of waiting. Filling time until the big moment is a lot of the main character worrying and other people arguing with him about his fear. It gets a little old if I'm to be honest. You also know one of two or three other characters, or some combination, is going to be responsible for the guy being buried. There really isn't much suspense. Still it's an alright movie, helped by a nice cast and Corman's steady direction. I do have one big question about the ending though. If the sister suspected what the wife was up to the whole time, why did she allow them to bury her brother?
Review of The Premature Burial
